Boot-ventilator.



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B061 YENTILATGB.. APPLIOATI'QN TILE? KA. 1. 1912.

Patented oen 13,1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD WCHTER, 0E DRESDEN, GERMANY, AssiGNoR, BY MESNEnssieriiziENTs,''A

To sroNGE RUBBER INNER HEEL COMPANY, oE NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION FNEW YORK.

BOOT-VENTILATOR.

Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Oct. v13, 1914.'

Y Application ined umh i, i912. serial No. ascesa.;

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, RICHARDWGHTER,

. a subject of the Emperor of Germany, re- 'siding at Dresden, Germany,have invented an Improved Boot-Ventiletor, of which the leather-covered:cork-plate which is connected( at one end to a piece ofstii leather, anindia. rubber sponge being inserted be- -tween these elements. Theleather-piece,

. whichv forms the bese of the ventilator, has 'i5 a tack attachedthereto which is laida ted to enga the insole'of the boot and vold theventilator in its proper position.

In the accompan ing drawings `the invention is .illustrate Figure 1representing 1an 'of the device', and Fig; 2,` a longi- .tu inal sectionon the vline A-B of `Fig. 1. The device is composed of a -leatherjiiecea, a cork-plate d and an indizi. rubber, sponge c. The cork late d iscovered with leather ertures f for the admi vionlof` air. Bot parts, aand d, are' c at g by stitching or the like and are adit'pted 'toreceive the india rubber spoiigecbetween them. The leather-piece a 80forms the base'o'f the device and is provided with a Itack b adaptedto'be pressed into the insolefoffthe boot under the wei ht of the footandfjso to prevent the venti ator vfrom being displaced.v Y

The ventilator is .placed in the boot so *las to be ldepressed andexpanded by the co` action'fof the heel and the rubber-sponge whichlatter tends to press the free ends of theelements a and (l apart.- Thismovement 40 of the ventilator causes the air under the Afoot to beconstantly renewed.

The device can l easily 4be removed from the boot-4in spite of the-tackb.

'I'claimz-v l 1. A boot ventilator comprising a piece` I the boot andke'ep" ber, the top and bottom members bein is arranged of leather, anapertured, leather-covered cork-plate superposed on said 'leather-pieceand connected thereto atone end, an indiarubber sponge inserted betweensaid ele"- ments so as to hold' lthe free ends thereof normally. apart,and a tack connected to the leqther-piece so as to engage the insole ofthe ventilator in its proper position. A p

2. A shoe heel cushion or ventilatorcomprising an apertured topmember'composed of a cork strip covered with leather, a yield-A lingwedge-shaped india'rubber sponge memlier and a bottom'leather member,the .top member and the bottom member being secured at one end thereof,the wedge-shaped member being secured in place between the top andbottomv members, and the bottom member being provided with ay dependingholding tack that is directlyisecured to said bottom leather member atthe free end thereof.

3. A shoe heel cushion or ventilator coinstrip coveredA with .leatherandv provided with vertically extending Ventilating holes therethrough,a yielding wedge-shped india rubber sponge member and a. bottom memcuredat one end thereof by stitches w ich extend ynrallel to the front-edgethereof and the bottom member being provided with a depending holdingtack that is directly secured to said bottom member adjacent'tol, therear end thereof, said ,holding tack also" passing through areinforcingvwasher which l yielding wedge-shaped rubber member, the

etween the 'bottom and the' wedge-shaped rubber member also beingsecured tothe bottom member.

4 RICHARD WCHTER. Witnesses: Y .-It ,PAUL Anims, CLRE SIMON.

